MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 32.27,-89.99 Latitude: 32.27 Longitude: -89.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 109 29.6 23.5 70 6.1 25.1 5 6 302.4 305.8 298.1 357.0 18.43 1 1000 142 29.3 21.9 65 7.4 23.9 3 8 302.4 305.5 297.1 352.0 16.77 2 950 598 25.7 19.5 68 6.2 21.3 344 10 303.3 306.1 296.3 348.4 15.19 3 900 1072 21.5 18.4 83 3.1 19.4 330 10 303.7 306.4 296.3 348.2 14.99 4 850 1566 17.9 16.8 93 1.1 17.1 313 8 304.9 307.6 296.1 347.6 14.30 5 800 2084 15.0 13.1 88 1.9 13.8 294 6 307.2 309.4 295.1 343.2 11.96 6 750 2630 12.6 9.2 79 3.5 10.4 298 7 310.3 312.2 294.4 340.3 9.78 7 700 3207 9.4 6.2 80 3.2 7.5 300 7 312.9 314.5 294.1 339.3 8.51 8 650 3819 6.0 2.8 80 3.2 4.2 305 8 315.7 317.1 294.0 338.5 7.24 9 600 4471 1.9 -0.9 82 2.8 0.4 304 10 318.3 319.5 293.7 337.5 6.00 10 550 5168 -2.3 -5.2 81 2.9 -3.7 296 8 321.3 322.3 293.5 336.8 4.73 11 500 5919 -6.4 -9.3 80 2.9 -7.7 282 7 325.2 326.0 293.8 337.8 3.77 12 450 6737 -10.9 -13.4 82 2.5 -11.9 271 10 329.5 330.2 294.3 339.9 3.03 13 400 7633 -16.1 -21.9 61 5.8 -17.9 256 14 334.1 334.4 294.3 340.0 1.66 14 350 8626 -22.4 -27.8 62 5.3 -23.7 248 14 338.5 338.7 295.0 342.6 1.11 15 300 9740 -30.4 -36.8 54 6.4 -31.4 255 13 342.5 342.6 295.4 344.6 0.55 16 250 11008 -40.6 -48.1 44 7.5 -41.2 250 18 345.7 345.7 295.8 346.5 0.20 17 200 12488 -52.6 -59.5 43 6.9 -52.8 260 18 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.7 0.06 18 150 14283 -66.5 -70.9 54 4.3 -66.5 263 8 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.02 19 100 16700 -70.6 -82.0 17 11.4 -70.7 61 7 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.11 m Freezing level: 577.33 mb = 4786.62 m = 15703.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.83 mb = 4539.88 m = 14894.43 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.82 % Est. max temperature: 32.00 C = 89.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.87 mb = 890.23 m = 2920.65 ft T: 23.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 20.25 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.88 mb = 1516.55 m = 4975.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.97 C = 89.54 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -3.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.31 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 37.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 764.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.44 mb = 1311.14 m = 4301.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.44 mb = 1868.39 m = 6129.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.44 mb = 12472.84 m = 40920.91 ft B at Equ Level: 759.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.44 mb = 15591.26 m = 51151.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.2 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 338.2 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 154.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: -13.5 tot: -12.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 134.28 Bulk Shear: 5.69 m/s